If ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Made You Angry, Go Vegan. https://t.co/6SOUTUaoA4

As a culture, we compartmentalise which forms of animal use we consider morally acceptable and unacceptable, even though there is no moral difference between them. Leather is acceptable, but fur is commonly deemed to be unacceptable; yet leather as an object is structurally similar to fur, but with the hair removed. Cow meat is acceptable, but dog meat is unacceptable; yet both species have preferences, can experience pain and pleasure, and have interests in continued existence. It is acceptable to force birds and pigs into tanks of scalding water, often while still alive, due to improper stunning, to remove feathers or hair; it is unacceptable to force dogs into warm water for the purposes of entertainment in a film that relies on dogs being used as unwilling actors. When animal groups like PeTA, therefore, call for boycotts of such films on the grounds of the treatment o...